William beebe biography

Charles William Beebe was an American naturalist, ornithologist, marine biologist, entomologist, explorer, and author.

He was born on July 29, 1877 in Brooklyn, New York. He was the son of newspaper executive Charles Beebe. His family soon moved to East Orange, New Jersey where he attended high school. His family was interested in nature, and he had a fascination with the natural world.

William beebe biography

He enjoyed attending lectures at the newly opened American Museum of Natural History in New York. He had an interest in collecting animals, and he trained himself in taxidermy in order to preserve them. He often traded with other collectors to add to his growing collection.

His friends referred to him simply as William Beebe and this is how he would be known from this point forward.

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He published his first article while he was still in high school. It was a description of a bird known as a Brown Creeper. The article appe